Nicholas Denys | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Brunswick. |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
Subdivision Name3: | Beresford |
Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
Seat: | Acadie—Bathurst |
Parts Type: | Provincial |
Parts: | Restigouche-Chaleur |
Government Type: | Local service district |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 47.6981°N -65.8856°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | E8K |
Area Code: | 506 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | None |
Nicholas Denys is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.[1]
Commemorates the career of Nicolas Denys (1598-1688), one of the leading figures in seventeenth-century Acadia. In 1654 he was appointed governor of the "coasts and islands of the Gulf of St. Laurence from Canso to Gaspe". Died probably at Nepisiguit, in 1688. Post office from 1940 to 1970.[2]
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.
See main article: List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick.